packs (up or off)

verb

present tense third-person singular of pack (up or off)
as in exits
to leave a place often for another with the dinner conversation becoming more and more desultory, the time had clearly come to pack off

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for packs (up or off)
  1. exits
  2. moves
  3. departs
  4. goes
  5. gets
  6. parts
  7. cuts out
  8. walks out
Verb
  • Dry and cool week ahead After the rain exits Tuesday, North Texas will be dry and cool.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Her chances at having a baby only seemed to worsen in 2014, when a colorectal surgeon attempted to reposition her stoma — an opening in the abdomen through which waste exits the body — to make pregnancy possible, but the surgery was unsuccessful.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of exits
Verb
  • The film has to meet the needs of romance, but isn’t that the problem, the expectation that life moves like genre?
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Amtrak and Canal Edge, LLC have an explicit financial interest in ensuring this project moves forward quickly.
    — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of moves
Verb
  • The property is also right next to the train depot where the Leadville railway departs.
    — Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Its new incarnation features design contributions from Schrager and British minimalist designer John Pawson and departs from upscale boutique hotel tradition in several ways.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of departs
Verb
  • With the 20% increase, the Residential Max plan goes from $130 per month to $156 per month, which amounts to an extra $312 per year.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Conclusion The most valuable battery improvement depends on where the battery goes.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of goes
Verb
  • So that’s where the expectation gap gets bigger and bigger, because what the worker needs and what the operation needs are different.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Building confidence for its younger roster and finalizing different rotations will be essential for the Horned Frogs as the schedule gets tougher at the end of this month with two games against Power Four conference opponents.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of gets
Verb
  • Trever parts his hair to the right while his brother styles his combover to the left.
    — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Later, Hamilton parts the sea on his kick scooter, speedily escaping from the hectic press area.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of parts
Verb
  • Kerry McCoy’s guitar juices up a mid-song gallop by abruptly pivoting from big and noisy to compressed and snarling; at the climax, everything cuts out for a second to spotlight a Daniel Tracy drum fill.
    — Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
  • If mechanical parts fail or electricity cuts out, coolant circulation can quickly stop.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of cuts out
Verb
  • Picture a young person who walks out of my office with a new ADHD diagnosis and feels relief.
    — Deldhy Nicolás Moya Sánchez, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Lisa walks in with everyone’s orders and walks out with three giant bags of fast-food goodness.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of walks out
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“Packs (up or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/packs%20%28up%20or%20off%29. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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